feat: PocketVeto v1.0.0 — initial public release

Self-hosted US Congress monitoring platform with AI policy briefs,
bill/member/topic follows, ntfy + RSS + email notifications,
alignment scoring, collections, and draft-letter generator.

Authored by: Jack Levy

backend/app/core/crypto.py

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+"""Symmetric encryption for sensitive user prefs (e.g. ntfy password).
+
+Key priority:
+  1. ENCRYPTION_SECRET_KEY env var (recommended — dedicated key, easily rotatable)
+  2. Derived from JWT_SECRET_KEY (fallback for existing installs)
+
+Generate a dedicated key:
+  python -c "from cryptography.fernet import Fernet; print(Fernet.generate_key().decode())"
+"""
+import base64
+import hashlib
+
+from cryptography.fernet import Fernet
+
+_PREFIX = "enc:"
+_fernet_instance: Fernet | None = None
+
+
+def _fernet() -> Fernet:
+    global _fernet_instance
+    if _fernet_instance is None:
+        from app.config import settings
+        if settings.ENCRYPTION_SECRET_KEY:
+            # Use dedicated key directly (must be a valid 32-byte base64url key)
+            _fernet_instance = Fernet(settings.ENCRYPTION_SECRET_KEY.encode())
+        else:
+            # Fallback: derive from JWT secret
+            key_bytes = hashlib.sha256(settings.JWT_SECRET_KEY.encode()).digest()
+            _fernet_instance = Fernet(base64.urlsafe_b64encode(key_bytes))
+    return _fernet_instance
+
+
+def encrypt_secret(plaintext: str) -> str:
+    """Encrypt a string and return a prefixed ciphertext."""
+    if not plaintext:
+        return plaintext
+    return _PREFIX + _fernet().encrypt(plaintext.encode()).decode()
+
+
+def decrypt_secret(value: str) -> str:
+    """Decrypt a value produced by encrypt_secret. Returns plaintext as-is (legacy support)."""
+    if not value or not value.startswith(_PREFIX):
+        return value  # legacy plaintext — return unchanged
+    return _fernet().decrypt(value[len(_PREFIX):].encode()).decode()